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“Guilty until proven innocent”: City aims to lock in anti-harassment program
April 23, 2026
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Based on five findings of harassment, the Mamdani administration says thousands of landlords should be denied building permits — unless they pass an intensive background check that takes seven months. Not 500 findings of harassment. Not 50 findings. Five. If you only read the executive summary of the administration’s recommendation, you’d think harassment was pervasive and justifies making the heavy-handed Certificate of No Harassment program permanent.
It says: “This high proportion of denials demonstrates that the program is successful in its main purpose of identifying the buildings where tenants are at risk of harassment and stopping property owners in those []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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